257318 (AP) Specialist Physiotherapist

NHS Lothian; Livingston; Vor Ort; GBP 12.000 - 16.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Protected CPD time

Flexible hours

Mentor support

Zusammenfassung

NHS Lothian's West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership is seeking a Band 6 Children and Young People’s Physiotherapist for 0.4 WTE (14.4 hours) on a permanent basis. The post covers acute and community services at St John's Hospital and across West Lothian, delivering a mixed caseload of CYP from birth to 19 years with a wide range of conditions.

You'll benefit from protected CPD time, bespoke training, a mentor to support your objectives, and flexible working hours with good transport

Qualifikationen

• Teamwork within CYP physiotherapy team
• Wider caseload management across birth to 19 years
• Commitment to CPD and ongoing training
• Ability to work across multiple sites (acute and community)
• Flexibility with working hours and transport links

Aufgaben

• Work within the CYP physiotherapy team delivering acute and community services at St John's Hospital and across West Lothian
• Manage a mixed caseload of CYP aged birth to 19 with conditions including disabilities, neurological, orthopaedic, rheumatological, MSK and respiratory issues
• Process referrals with emphasis on promoting self-referrals
• Work in settings such as Children’s Ward, outpatient clinics, hydrotherapy, multidisciplinary clinics, drop-in clinics, and community and education facilities
• Receive protected CPD time and bespoke training and be allocated a mentor to support professional development

Jobbeschreibung

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West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Children and Young Person's Physiotherapy Service

Band 6 CYP Physiotherapist

0.4 WTE, 14.4 hours, Permanent

Are you fun loving, dynamic, forward thinking and enjoy teamwork? If so come and join the CYP physiotherapy team in West Lothian.

• You will work within the CYP physiotherapy team, which delivers an acute and community service at St John's Hospital and various sites across West Lothian.
• You will have a mixed caseload of CYP between the ages of birth and 19 years old with a wide variety of conditions. This may include severe and complex disabilities, neurological, neuromuscular, genetic, respiratory, orthopaedic, rheumatological and MSK conditions.
• Referrals come from a wide variety of sources with an emphasis on promoting self referrals at the time of need.
• You will have the opportunity to work in a variety of settings including but not limited to Children's Ward in St John's Hospital, outpatient clinics, hydrotherapy, multidisciplinary clinics, drop in clinics, child development centre, community settings, specialist education facilities, mainstream education facilities, respite centres and family homes.
• We offer protected CPD time and comprehensive training bespoke to your learning requirements to allow you to work with a varied caseload.
• You will be allocated a mentor to help you achieve your objectives, fulfil your Personal Development Plan and achieve all your pillars of practice.
• We can offer flexible working hours. There are good transport links, some members of our team happily commute from either Edinburgh or Glasgow.

Informal enquires to Dawne Deuchars, Lead Physiotherapist CYP Services on 01506 522068.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.